At least half a dozen of additional secretaries, now working as acting
secretaries at various ministries, are likely to be promoted to the rank
of secretary.
The Superior Selection Board at a meeting, held on Wednesday with
cabinet secretary Mohammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan in the chair, made
the recommendation, said a senior official concerned.
The meeting recommended that all the additional secretaries now in
charge of the various ministries/divisions that included fisheries,
information, railway, agriculture and rural development, to be promoted
to secretary, the official at the Cabinet Division added.
He said that around 80 joint secretaries mostly from the 1984 batch of
the Bangladesh Civil Service might also be promoted to the additional
secretary soon.
The government has also initiated a process to give more promotions to
the level of deputy secretary as the five-year term of the Awami
League-led alliance government ends in January 2014, officials concerned
said.